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Writers Meet With Studio Bosses For Third Day Of Talks; Border Towns Overwhelmed As New Surge Of Migrants Arrives; Shortage Of Country's Most Prescribed Antibiotic, Amoxicillin. Aired 3:30-4p ET
Aired September 22, 2023 - 15:30 ET
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JIM SCIUTTO, CNN HOST: They could digest 1,000 scripts for say, a lifetime movie and then turn it out. Maybe you hire a couple people to smooth out the rough edges. How do you solve a problem like that? Because you know, if AI is having a role that's going to mean you need fewer writers.
DOMINIC PATTEN, SENIOR EDITOR, DEADLINE: Well, yes. And I would also say, Jim, I mean, look at already we see AI being deployed throughout the industry. The opening credits for Disney Plus's Marvel Series "Secret Invasion" -- AI. We've heard the great Stephen Fry talk about how his voice was lifted off audio books he did of Harry Potter and found in other places.
We've already seen things like body scanning happening here in Hollywood to some degree. So these are real issues that are a part of this. I think most importantly though is let's always remember, every technology ultimately does find a use that nobody thought it was going to have. I'll just use one example. As a child, we're going to be drug dealers, best friends. When we thought they were for doctors.
AI just in the five months that this strike has been going on, just in those five months, the evolution of AI, the people at the heads of the tech companies coming before the Senate with Chuck Schumer and what have you, the President talking about this. The evolution of this technology, I don't think, it can be contained within one contract, even if it's a three-year long one. So I think what they're looking at here is how to put guardrails in place. So yes, there will be inevitably some use of AI. Copyright issues as your entertainment lawyer friend, I'm sure told you also come into this. But it's finding a way to make this work within the pathways of keeping people employed and not having them replaced by computers.
SCIUTTO: No question. And there's a reason why you have authors suing, right? Because they're worried that their copyrighted work is now being kind of hoovered up by AI things like ChatGPT. Listen, I know you're going to keep it following it, we will as well. Dominic Patten, thanks so much.
PATTEN: Thank you guys. Have a great weekend.
SCIUTTO: We're going to much more on CNN NEWS CENTRAL right after a quick break. [15:35:00]
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BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN HOST: Border towns are once again buckling under the pressure of a new surge of migrants. Eagle Pass, Texas just declared an emergency over the influx. Its mayor said that in the last two days at least 5,000 asylum seekers has come to his community of about 30,000 people. Video shows folks this morning forming a human chain to wade across the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States. And today, law enforcement agents were seen giving some of these migrants life jackets. That's because Texas officials say a three-year old boy and a man drowned this week in the river. CNN's Ed Lavandera is in Eagle Pass for us. So, Ed, what are you seeing now?
ED LAVANDERA, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, today Boris is dramatically different from what we've seen the last several days, where as you mentioned, officials here have been saying thousands of migrants have crossed through this area of Eagle Pass.
And this is the path that many of them have taken, coming to the other side on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande and walking through there across that little island and then making their way just on the other side of this razor wire. And eventually many people figuring out a way to lift up that wire and crawl through. That's what we witnessed yesterday.
Today completely different. However, Eagle Pass, Mayor Rolando Salinas tells us that coming, we've spoken with many migrants, the few that have come through today, say complicated on the southern side, because the trail, the rail lines and the trains that have been running north and so many people have been getting on top of and riding quickly up into northern Mexico, those have stopped. And the mayor says he believes and has been told by federal authorities that 50 to 60,000 migrants are in southern Mexico. And the question now is, where are all those people going to end up even if they make it this far?
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MAYOR ROLANDO SALINAS (D) EAGLE PASS, TEXAS: The reports that I'm getting from intel from the federal government and state officials is that there's other groups coming in the next couple of days and that tells us that we have to keep our guard up, that it's a situation that's serious and we have. To be ready for anything.
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LAVANDERA: And Boris, it's really important to point out in all of this, it's very difficult to predict exactly where these large groups end up. How they disperse. How many of them are able to make it? We spoke with one family, a man and his three children and more than three months walking through Mexico to get to -- that requires an immense amount of fortitude to be able to do that. So exactly what's going to happen to these large groups as they make their way through Mexico is -- are probably echoing the sentiment of many local officials along the U.S. southern border. They're bracing for what might be in store for them in the days and weeks ahead -- Boris.
SANCHEZ: Ed Lavandera, live from Eagle Pass, Texas. Thanks so much, Ed. Jim.
SCIUTTO: It is that time. A new season of infections is here, but so is a shortage of the most prescribed antibiotic on the market. We're going to have the details next.
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SANCHEZ: A new season of infection is upon us, but the United States is still struggling with a shortage of the country's most prescribed antibiotic. Amoxicillin is used to treat many common illnesses like strep throat and sinus infections, but the FDA says the liquid form of the drug is in short supply. Let's bring in CNN's Meg Tirrell. So, Meg, how much of an impact is this going to have?
MEG TIRRELL, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Boris, we heard about this last year, parents really looking for this for their kids having to call multiple pharmacies.
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This can be really problematic for things like ear infections, congestion, all sorts of issues that plague little kids and other folks. But it is the liquid form of amoxicillin that's in shortage. 43,000,000 prescriptions of amoxicillin were written in 2021 that includes both the liquid and the tablet form. It is the most commonly prescribed antibiotic.
This shortage started in October of 2022. And there are four drug makers listed on the FDA's drug shortages website. Only one of them actually gives a reason for the shortage, and that's increased demand. But as we reached out to these drug makers, one of them pointed out this is an inexpensive drug. Costs about $10 a bottle for amoxicillin. And when you compare that with other medicines like KEYTRUDA, for example. That's a very commonly used and newer cancer drug that costs $10,000 per dose. And so when you think about the incentives to keep manufacturing going, something like KEYTRUDA, drug shortages experts tell me will almost never go into shortage. Whereas cheap drugs like antibiotics unfortunately are very commonly found on the drug shortages list.
SANCHEZ: So are there alternatives out there?
TIRRELL: There are. The American Academy of Pediatrics had to put out guidance on this last season. You know, things like watchful waiting are options where you're actually not treating, but that can be problematic or difficult on its own. They also say you could crush up the amoxicillin tablets for little kids who can't swallow them and put them in liquid or Apple sauce. And of course, there are other antibiotics, but doctors typically try not to have to use those because they don't want to promote antibiotic resistance. And so having a shortage like this can be very problematic. SANCHEZ: Meg Tirrell, thank you so much for the update -- Jim.
SCIUTTO: Now to some of the other headlines we are watching this hour.
In Michigan, a two-year-old girl lost in the woods was found asleep with her two dogs, using one as a pillow while the other dog guarded them. Police say she wandered away from home in the rural Upper Peninsula. They say she walked upward of three miles barefoot. Her family called police around 8:00 p.m. Wednesday night, she was found a few hours later after an extensive search. A family friend on a TV interview said the family's Rottweiler, Buddy, started barking at him as he approached. He then found the girl sleeping with her head on the family's English Springer, Heartly, who growled him when he tried to wake her up. He then drove them all back home, with the girl giggling, hi, mommy, when she got home. Medics say thankfully, she will be fine.
Also, COVID-19 is landing more children in the hospital. According to federal numbers analyzed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Weekly admissions among children in the latest week are five times more than over the last three months. Pediatricians say they are especially worried about children under five years old because they have the lowest vaccination rates.
And something new is coming to Amazon Prime -- Video ads. And if you don't want to watch them, you'll have to pay an extra $3 a month. Amazon says the move will help pay for quality programming and that the ads will start showing during shows and movies next year. Other streaming services are inserting ads to make more money, including Netflix and our sister streaming network Max -- Boris for.
SANCHEZ: He is a culinary master who has fed millions from his clientele at fine dining restaurants around the United States, to victims in disaster zones around the world. Now, chef, author and humanitarian Jose Andres is taking a very special trip to his home country of Spain to share the food, culture and people with his American born daughters. The journey was documented on our sister platform Discovery Plus in the series "Jose Andres and Family in Spain," and now it's coming to CNN.
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JOSE ANDRES, CHEF, AUTHOR, HUMANITARIAN (voice-over): Hello people, I am Jose Andres. A chef who loves to feed the world. Spain is the land where my passion for cooking began.
ANDRES: It's the happiness of all the ingredients. ANDRES (voice-over): I moved to America three decades ago, and now I'm taking my daughters, Carlota, Ines, and Lucia all around my beloved home country. I want them to see it all, learn it all and taste it all. Turn the most simple, iconic foods to the more sophisticated and unique food of my own land.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is the most amazing meal.
ANDRES (voice-over): This is a trip filled with adventures, traditions, celebrations and of course, lots of delicious food. ANNOUNCER: Jose Andres and Family In Spain premieres Sunday at 9 on CNN.
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SCIUTTO: This week's CNN hero watched as her teenage son Nick, lost his battle to cancer. The one bright spot during his treatment was a make a wish trip to Hawaii. When Nik found out that kids can actually age out of Make-A-Wish, he was devastated. So the night before he passed away, he asked his mom to make sure that older kids could someday still get their wish.
SANCHEZ: And so his mom, Kelli Ritschel Boehle, has dedicated her life to granting once in a lifetime experiences to young adult cancer fighters ages 18 to 24. For her, it's all about bringing a little bit of joy.
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KELLI RITSCHEL BOEHLE, FOUNDER, NIK'S WISH: Clamp is in place. Are we all ready? Guess what, Abby, come on out here if you can. Congratulations!
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BOEHLE (voice-over): When I get to see somebody saying, my wish is granted.
BOEHLE: You are going to go to Hawaii!
BOEHLE (voice-over): Sometimes there's tears, sometimes there's joys. There's hoots and hollers.
BOEHLE: Did we surprise you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You really did.
BOEHLE: But for me, it's Nik smiling down and saying thank you, mom. Thank you, mom.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My health has been getting worse, so this is just everything for me.
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SCIUTTO: What a way to turn a loss, a hard loss into something good. To learn more about Kelli's work and watch as one young woman gets her wish to go to a Taylor Swift concert. Please go to CNNheroes.com.
SANCHEZ: So inspiring.
Hey, thank you so much for sharing your afternoon with us. We very much appreciate it. "THE LEAD" with Jake Tapper starts right after a quick break.
